Murder Trial Goes To Jury

LOCAL LOOK

Jurors are expected to begin deliberations today in the murder trial of a man charged in the April 1993 robbery and shooting death of a Boca Raton Subway sandwich shop owner.

Defense attorneys for Fred Riley III, 22, of Deerfield Beach, have maintained throughout the two-week trial in Palm Beach County Circuit Court that Riley is innocent and that the victim was killed by another man implicated by Riley in the slaying.

Riley is accused of killing shop owner Doug Rebman, 25, of Pompano Beach, on April 3, 1993, during an armed robbery at the sub shop at 477 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, near Mizner Park. Riley was employed by Rebman, police said.

On Monday, jurors heard closing arguments and are scheduled to begin deliberating today.

If convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery, Riley faces a possible death sentence.